Russian Police Arrest More Than 1,000 in Moscow Protest: Monitor

MOSCOW—Russian police arrested more than 600 people on July 27, including prominent activists, around a political protest in Moscow to demand that members of the opposition be allowed to run in a local election later this year.

Law enforcement officers block protesters during a rally calling for opposition candidates to be registered for elections to Moscow City Duma, the capital's regional parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on July 27, 2019. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov

MOSCOW—Russian police cracked down fiercely on demonstrators in central Moscow on Saturday, July 27, beating some people and arresting more than 1,000 who were protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for Moscow city council. Police also stormed into a TV station broadcasting the protest.

Police wrestled with protesters around the mayor’s office, sometimes charging into the crowd with their batons raised. State news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti cited police as saying 1,074 were arrested over the course of the protests, which lasted more than seven hours.